Brown Pelican Portrait

Gallery: AvianPosted January 27, 2010108 views9 comments

Canon 40D, 100-400 at 360mm. 1/2000, f/7.1, ISO 400. 100% of full frame.

My 7D returned today--they found that the AF assembly was incorrect and fixed it--hopefully I'll get to test it this weekend! In the meantime, I've been working through my files. This is a pelican portrait from Feb 09 at Puerto Penasco, Sonora, Mexico. Only an hour across the border, on the Gulf of California, it's a great location for Arizonans looking for seabirds. I particularly enjoy the pelicans--great poses, great colors and textures. I like the detail and the pose on this bird.

Comments and critiques appreciated. Larger version has more detail.

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Angela McCain on January 28, 2010 at 12:03 AM

Wonderful image. Crisp, with lovely colors. Great job of keeping the blacks.

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Comment posted by Simon Bennett on January 28, 2010 at 1:31 AM

This fella posed wonderfully for you Brian, also like the intricate detal and colours you've captured.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on January 28, 2010 at 6:00 AM

Wonderful portrait Brian - great detail

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Mark Jenkins on January 28, 2010 at 6:58 AM

Great color, detail and BG on this portrait, Brian.

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on January 28, 2010 at 10:35 AM

I would have asked for a new camera. Glad to see you have your baby back. Great portrait with pretty colors and nice bg

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Comment posted by Steve Balke on January 28, 2010 at 10:56 AM

Lovely portrait, Brian. I agree: great pose, color, textures, pose and especially, detail. The pondered on the white band at the top but concluded that it really doesn't offer a significant distraction and removing it would be significant surgery.
Good luck with your 7D. Nice to know that there really was something wrong with it!

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on January 28, 2010 at 10:59 AM

Terrific detail in this.

I've never been down to Rocky Point but think about at times.

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on January 28, 2010 at 4:09 PM

Brian, this is nice. I like the BG as is. Great detail on this portrait. I love all the diff colors and textures on these brown pelicans.

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on January 28, 2010 at 4:18 PM

Love the elegant & classic pelican pose you captured here Brian. Lovely details, light, colors & sharpness. A beautiful image as posted.

Looking forward to seeing your images with the repaired 7D!

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